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Welcome to Schloss Hof

Visit the interactive adventure paths, explore the petting zoo on the estate farm and step into the Children’s and Family world in the Bäckenhof. The Baroque palace in the Marchfeld region is a fantastic experience for all the family!

Come to Schloss Hof and set out on a time trip into the Baroque age!

There’s something for everyone in the family here in Marchfeld, an outing full of experiences and thrills, with interactive adventure paths, petting zoo, children’s theatre and the Children’s and Family World in the Bäckenhof. The Baroque Schloss Hof in the east of Lower Austria not far from the Austrian-Slovakian border is a synthesis of all the arts. Once founded in 1725 by Prince Eugene of Savoy, the magnificent palace with its luxurious Baroque gardens and the idyllic estate farm still invites visitors today to enjoy all kinds of experiences, to relax, celebrate and marvel – a fascinating trip of discovery for all the family!

Petting zoo for big and small

You can meet white donkeys, Jezersko-Solčava sheep, pygmy goats, alpacas, Bactrian camels and a great variety of other quadrupeds in the Schloss Hof world of animals. More than two hundred animals live here and graze in the paddocks and parade on the pastures – and the petting zoo gives you a unique chance of coming up close to them.

Explore the adventure paths for all the family

Slip into the role of a serving maid or a stable lad and combine work and fun at the Baroque estate farm at Schloss Hof. As soon as you have solved all your tasks, at the end a little reward will be waiting for you!

Children’s and Family World in the Bäckenhof

The Children’s and Family World in the Bäckenhof, a part of the Baroque estate farm, awaits you not only to the interactive exhibition, but also to theatre plays, dancing, do-it-yourself crafts, painting and dressing up. Here, just like a real child emperor, you can celebrate a fantastic birthday party with your friends, get dressed up and set out on a time trip all together into the Baroque age.

Festivities and guided tours for all the family

Explore the triple ensemble of palace, gardens and estate farm on the family guided tour at Schloss Hof. In spring we invite you to the Mother’s Day Festival in Baroque gardens that are decked out in the glory of spring, and in autumn we let the wind ring in our ears at the kite-flying festival. Find out about other seasonal festivities and festivals in our event calendar.

All the fun of the summer holidays

What can we do with the children in the long summer holidays? The best idea – get out of town and take a trip into the countryside! All the fun of the summer holidays at Schloss Hof, where there’s so much to do – all kinds of workshops including cake-baking and decorating flower pots; there’s no chance at all of being bored!

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